Category Archives: Canada

Singh moves off Brampton, Ont. dance floor and on to Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh spent Sunday on a dance floor in Brampton, Ont., but he didn’t have much time to bask in the glory of his resounding victory as the new NDP leader. It was back to business...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017
Police seek information after 100,000 oysters stolen from P.E.I. waters
MURRAY HARBOUR, P.E.I. - Someone has stolen more than 100,000 of P.E.I.’s famous oysters. Police say the theft of $30,000 worth of the mollusk was discovered Sunday in the Murray Harbour North a...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017

Feds 'never did the work' to understand Indigenous concerns on pipeline: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Canada’s decision to approve an expansion for the Trans Mountain pipeline was a “one-way street” that ignored the economic and title rights of Indigenous people, a lawyer...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017
TDSB dropping reference to 'politics' in Islamic guide after complaint
TORONTO - The Toronto District School Board said it will change portions of a guidebook that uses a definition of Islamophobia that a Jewish community group has called “overly broad.” The ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017
Feds receive more warnings over tax proposals as public consultation closes
OTTAWA - With its public outreach winding down, the Trudeau government received fresh warnings Monday from major industry associations about the negative fallout from its controversial tax-reform prop...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017

Controversial U.S. education secretary to visit Ontario on public education trip
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump’s education secretary, who holds controversial views on publicly funded education, is set to visit Ontario to learn about its public school system. Ontario ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017

Finance Minister Bill Morneau to talk tax reforms at first ministers' meeting
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has been fielding a lot of complaints about controversial proposed tax reforms - and now the premiers are poised for their turn as they gather in Ottawa to meet Prime M...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017

Halifax ceremony sends one-tonne 'Canada Gate' off to Passchendaele
HALIFAX - One hundred years ago this week, tens of thousands of young soldiers from across Canada were preparing for a battle in western Belgium that would prove to be the bloodiest in Canadian milita...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017
Foreign workers' long wait almost over for Halifax businessman's fraud trial
HALIFAX - Some of them were allegedly paid as little as $3.13 an hour for cleaning jobs that involved working as many as 300 hours a month. Now, Filipino foreign workers who were allegedly taken advan...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017
Manitoba politician denied quick order striking down floor-crossing law
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba law that forbids provincial politicians from switching parties by crossing the legislature floor is still alive after a judge rejected a request for a fast-track ruling that the ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 02, 2017

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